In the course of her brilliant career Sylvia Townsend Warner wrote superbly in many and diverse forms but never penned a memoir, properly speaking. However, from the 1930s to the 1970s she did contribute a series of short reminiscences to the New Yorker. Scenes of Childhood collects and orders those reminiscences, thus forming a volume that reads as a joyous, wry and moving testament to the experience of being alive. The collection evokes a recognisably English world of nannies, butlers, pet podles, public schools, 'good ...
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In the course of her brilliant career Sylvia Townsend Warner wrote superbly in many and diverse forms but never penned a memoir, properly speaking. However, from the 1930s to the 1970s she did contribute a series of short reminiscences to the New Yorker. Scenes of Childhood collects and orders those reminiscences, thus forming a volume that reads as a joyous, wry and moving testament to the experience of being alive. The collection evokes a recognisably English world of nannies, butlers, pet podles, public schools, 'good works' and country churches, but the resonances of these stories are universal - funny and touching by turns.
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VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD jacket. 1ST. 5.5 X.75 X 8. pp. 177. Publisher: Viking Adult; 1st edition (January 6, 1982) Language: English HARDBOUND: 177 pages ISBN-10: 0670620432 ISBN-13: 978-0670620432 Item Weight: 15.2 OUNCES. The autobiographical sketches in this collection span a Publication period from the 1930s to the 1970s and evoke a world of nannies, butlers, and English public schools.
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Very Good in unclipped and slightly worn dust jacket. 8.75 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches. A compilation of reminiscences from the New Yorker by the once-celebrated English writer; published posthumously; 177 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. Cover corners and spine bumped and slightly worn. Dj slightly soiled with slightly worn edges. Dj slightly browning.